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Sofonisba Angusciola Pittrice

Maker

After
(artist)
died 1625

(printmaker)
1723-1818

(publisher)

Title

Sofonisba Angusciola Pittrice

Date of Production

(c.) 1761 - 1786

Medium

mezzotint

Dimensions

Height: 35.5 cm
Width: 25.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6092.38

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords









Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Chaloner Smith, John, British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century, 4 vols, London, 1883
vol 1, no.1 on p. 5

Inscriptions

Inscription: Ipsa pinxit / WB //

Inscription: SOFONISBA ANUSCIOLA PITTRICE' / Di cui Van Dyck ebbe a dire, averé ricevuto piu Lumé nella pittura da una / CIECA, che dal suo Maestro. Vide Vasari //

Inscription: WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: S. ANGUISCIOLA / Portrait of the Painter / W. Baillie after Paintings and drawings, Boydell, London, c. 1785. //

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